Katherine Richardson
Katherine Richardson is Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen.
She was Chairman of the Danish Commission for Climate Change Policy which reported in 2010 and presented a roadmap for how Denmark can become independent of fossil fuels by 2050.
She is a lead author on the book Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and co-authored with Stefan Rahmstorf Our Threatened Oceans (2009).
She is a principle investigator in the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (www.macroecology.ku.dk) where her research focuses on the importance of biological processes in the ocean for the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere and how ocean biology, including diversity, contributes to ocean function in the Earth System.
She is active both as a member in and/or chairperson for a number of national and international research committees/advisory boards. She was Vice President of European Science Foundation from 2001-2008 and Chairman of the Earth System Science Evaluation Panel for European Research Council Starting Grants from 2008-2010.
She has published over 100 scientific papers and book chapters.
· Richardson has been active both as member and chair of several national and international Research Committees and Advisory Boards:
· Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the IARU Congress ”Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions”, on 10 – 12 March 2009, Copenhagen.
· Chairman of the Evaluation Panel PE 8 (Earth System Science) Starting Grants, European Research Council (ERC) (2007-)
· Member of the Scientific Advisory Board: Bjørn Carlson Stiftelse, Stockholm, Sweden, Appointed by the Royal Scientific Academy in Sweden (2006 -2007)
· Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, Texel. (2005 – 2008)
· Member of EUROCEANS (EU Network of Excellence) steering committee (2005 – 2009)
· Vice President of ESF (European Science Foundation) (2001 – 2007)
· Member (vice-president) of the Scientific Committee, European Environmental Agency (2002 – 2006)
· Member of IGBP (International Geosphere Biospere Program) Scientific Committee (1999 – 2004)
· Chairman for the Danish Government’s Climate Commission 2008
· Chairman of the Steering Committee for “Blue Reef project” an EU supported nature restoration project in the ocean (2006)
· Vice Chairman of the Danish Council for Research Education (2000 – 2002)
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